selected button in AS 3

[nitras]

greetings all

hopefully a short question

i have a batch of buttons.

now in the past (as 2) i had this very simple check to see if the button was clicked, meanwhile the other buttons got back to its original state, via this simple code



var selectedM:MovieClip;
BUTTON.onRelease = function() {
if (selectedM != this) {
selectedM.enabled = true;
}
//if an item is selected we make sure the item can't be triggered again.
selectedM = this;
selectedM.enabled = false;
now in AS 3. it seems to be a different story

i tried:



var selectedM:MovieClip;
function clicker(e:Event){
if (selectedM != e.target)
{
selectedM.enabled = true;
}

selectedM = e.target;
e.target.enabled = false;
}

//for loop has BUTTON.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clicker)


or where e.target is i tried to replace it with "this" but all to no avail

i am probally looking over something but if anyone could give me a go, i'd be very thankfull

cheers

[Magik5]

function clicker(e:Event) should be function clicker(e:MouseEvent)

as thats what the listener is sending it =]

[nitras]

function clicker(e:Event) should be function clicker(e:MouseEvent)

as thats what the listener is sending it =]

hmm i have to resign my first reply. that doesn't seem to solve anything.

the main purpose of this is to disable a button when its clicked and enable it again when another button has been clicked


thanks for the time so far



cheers!

[creatify]

use .mouseEnabled instead of .enabled

[nitras]

use .mouseEnabled instead of .enabled

tried that aswell, but i am afraid we are looking aside the subject

the issue is that "this" doesn't get recognized, so i tried e.target but that gives me errors



here is the full code:



var selectedM:MovieClip;
function CLICKED (e:MouseEvent)
{
if (selectedM != this)
{
selectedM.mouseEnabled = true;
}
selectedM = this;
this.mouseEnabled = false;
}

function doMENU()
{
for (var i:uint = 0; i <3; i++)
{
BUTTON = new CLIP();
BUTTON .x = (stage.stageWidth/2)+(spacing + i * (btn.width + spacing))-(btn.width-spacing);
BUTTON .y = (stage.stageHeight/2);
BUTTON .buttonMode = true;
BUTTON .addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, CLICKED);
BUTTON.ID = i;
addChild (BUTTON);


}
}
doMENU();



so i tried





var selectedM:MovieClip;
function CLICKED (e:MouseEvent)
{
if (selectedM != e.target)
{
selectedM.mouseEnabled = true;
}
selectedM = e.target;
e.target.mouseEnabled = false;
}

function doMENU()
{
for (var i:uint = 0; i <3; i++)
{
BUTTON = new CLIP();
BUTTON .x = (stage.stageWidth/2)+(spacing + i * (btn.width + spacing))-(btn.width-spacing);
BUTTON .y = (stage.stageHeight/2);
BUTTON .buttonMode = true;
BUTTON .addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, CLICKED);
BUTTON.ID = i;
addChild (BUTTON);


}
}
doMENU();



and also this doesn't work

any ideas please?

[wyktor]

You probably get an "Can't convert" type of error, right?
you have to tell Flash what type of object you are working with.

try this:


function CLICKED (e:MouseEvent)
{
var clicked:MovieClip = MovieClip(e.currentTarget);
if (selectedM != clicked)
{
selectedM.mouseEnabled = true;
}
selectedM = clicked;
clicked.mouseEnabled = false;
}

[nitras]

You probably get an "Can't convert" type of error, right?
you have to tell Flash what type of object you are working with.

try this:


function CLICKED (e:MouseEvent)
{
var clicked:MovieClip = MovieClip(e.currentTarget);
if (selectedM != clicked)
{
selectedM.mouseEnabled = true;
}
selectedM = clicked;
clicked.mouseEnabled = false;
}

thanks but even with this i get errors
now its a TypeError: Error #1009: can't add a method to the object

[creatify]

see attached

[nitras]

see attached

brilliant,
i didn't thought of making the selectedM as a null
thanks! learning again ;):doh:

[FlashPlaya]

Hey Creatify,

Thanks for that lil piece of code!! :thumb2: How hard would it be to add a rollOver, rollOut animation in there? I bet a bunch of peeps would like to see how it would be done.

Thanks again!